How Many Watermelons to grow per plant?

[@jtampa3]

Awesome video, I tried my hand at growing watermelons this year in my back yard. I've never seen my kids so happy and focus on gardening until they popped out the ground,

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, Jtampa3!!! I'm glad you liked the video. It's great that the kids are into growing food. My kids love it. Keep it up.

[@jeffwindrim975]

I talked to you last year about growing watermelons and yes I have to agree less is more and the size of the watermelon is more satisfying. Thanks for all your advice Bear Brown 👍

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Jeff, thanks. I remember that. Thanks for watching, my friend.

[@jeffwindrim975]

@@GrowSomethingTasty I found a new package of watermelon seeds so I planted 12-14 of them around the property and while I was at it I planted some pumpkin seeds I will let you know how things work out later this year.

[@elijahisrael86]

Love seeing brothers and sisters growing. Just got back into growing and planted 1 watermelon so this is a great video. Keep growing brother!

[@PixiePrincessBrat]

This and Homestead Heart is another great channel that I follow

[@teatalkwithyagyrl]

@@PixiePrincessBrat that’s how I believe I found this channel because I subscribed to HH, I love them as well. Great tips

[@PixiePrincessBrat]

@@teatalkwithyagyrl i love her Canning advice

[@outtamindprops6545]

Why do you feel the need to point out skin color, what does it matter if he's a brother or not. So racist

[@LashusJourney]

Glad we’re all waking up, food is our medicine. ❤ Great video

[@iamcancer3298]

Garlic , mint , lavender and some others are good for keeping pest away. Also if you can get an abundance of ladybugs, or praying mantis. They will do a clean sweep on pest.👍

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO iamcancer, thanks for the tips and watching the video. I put mint in containers, but I got nervous they may fall out and take over.

[@gldnglow]

I plant garlic interspersed, keeps pests away.

[@OoooshetriesSs]

If I may add something u wanna add that won’t take things over, marigold & basil. Marigold releases a scent in the soil that drives pest away. I never liked the look of marigolds but they have a ton of varieties. I got a BEAUTIFUL sugar & spice variety & another called Kilimanjaro white.. their heirloom varieties (which means no GmOs) I get em from baker creek!!

[@michaellovetere8033]

@@OoooshetriesSs Thanks for the tip

[@tyreeriggins3]

Slices of onion also helped as well for me. Every 2-3 days like 3 times and they were gone forever

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

That is great. Thanks for the good tip.

[@pd8559]

I dont know why but KZbin sent me here. I think they did it for the watermelons but I am admiring the woodchips covering the ground and making sure no ground goes exposed to the sun. 👍

[@AtHomeWithSheree]

I hope you enjoyed your days off! Nothing like garden time. I’m excited to grow some watermelons again here in Minnesota zone 4. I grew small varieties last year. But this year I’m trying some big varieties! Now I know to expect one per vine. Thanks for the info!

[@elijahisrael86]

Greetings from Minnesota also! I’m growing a watermelon plant right now. Started it indoors in March. It’s outside in a 5 gallon pot and has both male and female flowers on it already 🙌🏼

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO AthomewithSheree, thanks, yes, nothing like garden time. I hope you get some large melons. Keep me posted.

[@billgates480]

I tried something new this year..instead of planting them in my garden, I used my tiller and spaced 12 big holes at the end of my garden, made hills and planted 3 per hole. Theyre looking great in the virgin soil and i know they'll appreciate all the free space

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

That sounds great Bill, let me know how it goes for you. Trying new techniques is always fun and educational.

[@Amyseclecticlife]

Nice , great idea

[@ELKASIDAV]

[ROMANS 3:22] This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.[ROMANS 4:23 ]The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, 24 but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness-for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. 25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.

[@SMojis]

WHO is you?

[@enna4986]

100% truth! Only through Jesus can man be saved!

[@Billy-jn6te]

Brother please help me my watermelon vine is almost 6 foot long and not a single melon on it what am I doing wrong?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Billy, do you have flowers? If so, it could be that you don't have any pollinators. I would plant flowers by to bring in the bees. You can hand pollinate the flowers to make sure you have pollination. If you don't have flowers, there could be a nutrient imbalance. Too much nitrogen will encourage green growth and barely any flowering. Watermelons love full sun, make sure it has that. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@Papawcanner]

I allow volunteer sugar baby watermelons and hale cantaloupe all over my southern garden . This makes a delicious ground cover .

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY @Papawcanner!!! That is awesome. You are right that is a delicious ground cover.

[@michaelhouy1382]

In northern Illinois...planted water melons this year. My first attempt. Have 10 or melons on the vines. Should you prune to reduce number per vine or per plant? I planted 2 plants this spring and many vines running out from each plant. Largest two melons are 10-15 pounds..the rest are 5-6 pounds. Should I get rid of smaller ones? And how large or small can they be and still ripen and be edible?

[@letsdothiswithcj]

I just got my garden planted this weekend. Trying again to grow some melons this year. Doing the 2 per plant this time. Can’t wait. Thank you for the video. 🙏

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

That is great. I'm glad you got the garden planted. I hope you get some nice large watermelons. Let me know how it goes

[@letsdothiswithcj]

@@GrowSomethingTasty I surely will! 🙏

[@GmamaGrowz]

I came from BrokeFarmer live to check out your watermelons 🍉 Thanks for sharing your growing tips!

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO GmamaGrowz, thanks for stopping by and commenting. I appreciate it.

[@rawhoney2199]

@gardeningwithbearbrown Does 1 watermelon seed out the pack grow 1 vine?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Raw Honey, 1 seed grows the entire plant with several vines. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@TheCrockersHomestead]

I just stumbled across your channel. I have 5 watermelon plants growing. Can't wait to see how they do. I'm also about to binge all of your melon growing videos from last year. Fingers crossed that this Mississippi heat gives me some good melons!

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Nathan!!! I'm glad you stumbled across the channel. THATS cool. You have 5 plants, I hope they produce lots of watermelons.

[@patrese1hopkins451]

I, too, am trying my hand at growing melons. My husband just found this video for me, and we watched it. I am new at this and have multiple plants in one pot, about 4-7 inches tall. My challenge will be getting them all out without damaging the roots and plants, then transferring them to the ground. Any suggestions?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

@patrese1hopkins451 I think some of the roots will get damaged. The roots are mostly likely entangled. You can try taking the entire soil out of the container and get the water hose, and wash the soil away gently until the soil is gone and remove them that way. The other option is just to grab the soil and break them up that way.

[@theencouragingcommunity7485]

*At **6:18** that's a dope secret weapon brother !! Thank you for sharing that !! Blessings !!* 🧡

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, theencouragingcommunity!! Thanks, brother. The secret weapon is cool.

[@cintie45]

I don't know how you came up on my feed but I'm happy you did thank you very much for your tip I'm so looking forward to when I can start growing just a quick question though what part are you in zone wise?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO cintie45, I'm glad I came up in your feed as well. I'm in zone 8A. What is your zone? When can you start growing? Thanks for watching and commenting!!!!

[@meka5163]

Hello Mr Brown, I’m glad to hear you had a couple of days off, I hope you got some well deserved rest. As usual I have a question; do you think it’s ok to plant those green onions in with the watermelon versus in the bottle?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

I think it's okay, I have never done it. This is my first time with the bottle. I'm just not afraid to try new things. Some subscribers said to plant radishes around them to fight against the squash bugs

[@meka5163]

Ok thank you

[@AnarchAnjel]

Ive heard guineas will eat squash bugs as well as ticks and dont bother the garden. My chickens ate the squash bugs , unless the neem/ hemp peppermint soap killed them? But they also ate my cherry tomatoes. Seen something I've never seen before this year. Sqaush bug eggs on a tomato leaf, Course I cut it off and threw it into a cup of dawn soap.

[@terrymcguire8476]

Watermelon is my favorite and I can eat it until I blow up. My belly looks like I'm about to have a baby after I eat a whole melon .

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, Terry!!! That's right, it's my favorite, too. I hear you. I eat a lot as well🤣🤣🤣. I just found a major problem that could harm my plants when I put them out. A pest that I have not dealt with. I'm going crazy researching, so I'm probably going to do a video on it in a week or so. I hope I can save my garden space.

[@terrymcguire8476]

@@GrowSomethingTasty What pest is it ?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

@@terrymcguire8476 Voles

[@CoachNoahDavid]

You must’ve eaten the seeds and grew a watermelon in your belly!😂

[@terrymcguire8476]

@@CoachNoahDavid I eat seeds and all.

[@stevelau7694]

Also depends on particular seedling. Have had one produce around 8 decent sized melons, averaging around 20lbs off a species that can produce more than one flush before the stem gets too old.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Steve, yes, some can handle more. The ones I grew in the past stated small, so I noticed it was best for me to prune . What varieties did you grow just in case someone asked about melons like that. I'll try it, too.

[@chicksryd2]

Thanks for the tips! I've got sugar baby melons setting right now, so looks like I need to get pruning (so painful tho!)😅

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Jamie, yes, it's painful. It took me years to do this. Hey, you can compare your plants and see if it's a difference. You can prune a plant and leave a plant to see what happens. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@SupremeFamilyGarden]

Néw sub here awesome video my brother

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Supreme Family Garden, thanks for watching, subscribing, and commenting. I'm glad you liked the video, my brother, I really appreciate it.

[@garywolf1893]

Enjoyed your video. Keep up the good work. I believe I watched one of your vids last year on pruning watermelon plants to limit how many and the size. That two was very helpful in my first year of gardening. Need to rewatch it as I’m starting to see some female flowers pop up

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Gary, thanks! I will try my best to keep up the good work. Yes, that pruning video was very helpful to a lot of people. I'm glad it was helpful to you. I get a few people who don't like what I said. You can't please everyone, and I'm cool with that.

[@coralkarrass1834]

If you do end up seeing squash bugs, I removed the eggs with packing tape fold it up and squish them.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO CORAL, that is a great tip, I do that sometimes. I will try the packing tape next time. I used the painters tape. Thanks.

[@theglamourplanner]

Thanks for the advice, I’m in watermelon Warz 2024. ❤

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY theglamourplanner!!! You are welcome!!! Cool, Good luck.

[@theglamourplanner]

@@GrowSomethingTasty thank you

[@MichaelGawesebmainone]

Just want to make sure. Are you saying one can keep 2 vines on 1 plant meaning from same seed?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Michael, If you want bigger melons, leave on melon on one vine and leave another melon on a different vine. I will keep all the vines on but only have 2 melons growing from one plant. If you don't want big melons, leave one melon per vine. The melons will be smaller. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@sandrareese1009]

LIME SPRINKLED AROUND THE BASE...LIME KILLS ALL BUGS...

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Sandra, thanks for the tip. I appreciate it.

[@aprilgoode2493]

Do we sprinkle the Lime in the dirt or around the container? I'm a beginner gardener

[@jessiehaislet3625]

I planted sugar babies and sugar pumpkins for the first time this year. So far they look good. I used garden soil and home made compost to get them going. I love your pest control system! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Jessie, that is great to hear. Let me know how your melon and pumpkins turn out. I'm working on a video showing how I make it from start to finish, so look out for it in a couple of weeks. Hey, I love to share this information. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@teatalkwithyagyrl]

It is so nice to see African American gardner’s, I’m new to this garden life and planted watermelon. I see about 8 so far and now after listening to you I may have to cut them?? I don’t want huge melons 🍉 but I want them to thrive and taste delicious

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

@teatalkwithyagyrl HELLO Teatalkwithagyrl, you're new to gardening. That's great. I try to get more of my friends and family to do it. They think they will kill all the plants. Keep growing, and you might as well start pruning the vines. Hey, you can try it on one plant and compare the difference. Let me know how it grows. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@blizzard_of_Za]

Look into KNF and JADAM natural farming and Japanese natural farming no till style

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

Cool! I don't till my garden if I did that now my garden would be in trouble.

[@bungalobill7941]

A vacuum cleaner works for squash bugs. Also soap spray will kill them. Removes the protective oil from their bodies and causes them to drown from the water. Use the extra strength (extra degreasing kind) like Dawn 4X. And mix it fairly strong.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

Thanks for the information. I use the dawn spray. I have never tried a vacuum. I'm going to have to add that to my list of tactics. I appreciate you watching and commenting.

[@jamesebarb1464]

Can you use Nitrogen rich 33/0/0 fertilizer to hit em hard with nitrogen? I do that with my sweet corn once stalk is ~3' or so. I still fertilize every two to three weeks. Wanted to know your opinion sir. God Bless!!

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY James!!! I use nitrogen to get them on to a good start. I use fish fertilizer. If you are using non-organic fertilizer just make sure not to burn the plants with it.

[@buffalopatriot]

Excellent video sir. Love the onion tip. Regards.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Buffalo patriot, I'm glad you like the video. Yes, I hope it helps keep the bad bugs away. Thanks for watching and commenting, I appreciate it.

[@elijahisrael86]

@@GrowSomethingTasty how do we keep the 🐿️ away????? Smh.

[@alvadrayton3346]

My collar greens has insect bites are they still ateable? What can I do to keep the insect from eating them. Also, I have an abundance of weed in my garden. What do I do, so that I won't kill my veggies. This is my first time doing a garden. You probably imagine that.😊

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Alva, Yes, you can still eat them. You can companion plant. I don't know what bugs are eating your plants. Many gardeners use marigolds to get insects to go after those plants and not their plants. Planting basil helps to fight against some pests. I have it in my garden now. Some gardeners grow mint in pots to provide a smell that gets on some bugs nervous, but be careful if mint gets in the garden bed it will take over your garden. You can also use neem oil and spray your plants. For weeds, you can just pull them. I have weeds, too. I take them and make fertilizer with them. I released that video last week. Hey, I also have videos on bug control as well. It's great you are a first-time gardener. Keep gardening.

[@michaellovetere8033]

First time I grew the Crimson Sweet variety, ( those are 35 lb melons on average) I didn't know you had to prune them. I used chicken manure for fertilizer, and man! I had vines for 2 blocks. The vines were growing up my fence into the neighbor's yard.... I had a lot of watermelons but they were smaller and the flavor and sweetness was lacking. Watermelons are heavy feeders, and I fertilize them every two weeks..Going for the sugar babies this year...Thanks Bear.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

Michael, you don't have too but they vines are going to run like you said. You will have more melons, but they will be smaller because there are so many. I prune for size now and to stop the jungle of vines, lol. Thanks for commenting and watching.

[@anne-christinemarcou4481]

👏👏👌👍👋🇬🇷I WAS SURPRISED A W/MELON GREW PROM MY FLOWER POT. I THREW SEEDS. GREAT GREEN ONIONS PEST CONTROL!!

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Anne, wow, that is awesome! Thanks, I like making the green onion bottle. I appreciate you watching and commenting.

[@joyanncourtney2721]

I’m seeing this for video for the first time. Was there an update? if so, please share the link. Did the trick work? And how large was your watermelon? 🍉

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

Hey Joyann!!!! The plant was doing well but last year rabbits tore the garden up and they killed that plant. That melon was 70 pounds before they killed it. I weighed it anyway. This year I stopped the rabbits but now voles are eating up my garden. For my next melon video, I tried something new, it's crazy but it might work. I can do another video of my onions in my melon patch because I did it again.

[@TheSeedsower107]

Thanks Bear ! Your a great teacher. It's my first year growing watermelons. Your tips should give me great success. Enjoy the summer in your garden my friend !

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO, TheSeedsower, wow. You think I'm a great teacher. I appreciate it. Enjoy your summer as well, and let me know how your watermelons do. Thanks for the support, my friend.

[@TheSeedsower107]

@@GrowSomethingTasty your welcome, I sure will !

[@pn3940]

mine has tons of male flowers and NO female flowers. I keep pruning off branches and other branches keep coming, with no female flowers.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY @pn3940!!! I always get lots of male flowers first. I never prune them until I have a melon on the vine. I figure if I leave the vines I will have a chance for more females to come. I hope you get some female flowers soon.

[@dustinsamson4879]

Would pumpkins be the same? Just came across your video. You my friend are very informative!

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, Dustin!!! I don't grow them. I keep saying I'm going to grow them. I have read that pruning the vines can help them get bigger and bury the cut end of the vine. I have not done it but have seen it. Hey, thanks, Dustin.

[@waynesimmonsuiiijikoiyy1870]

Hey Bear Brown my name is Mr.Simmons I've tried to grow watermelon a couple of times and I always have the same problem with growing them the melon start to get big and then the leaves start to turn yellow and the little vine on the side start to dry out before the melon is ready. Can you help me with this cause I really would like to grow some.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

Hey Mr. Simmons!!! I am sorry to hear that. If your plants are turning yellow you may need to feed it nitrogen. I use fish fertilizer. I feed my plants compost tea every week once the plants set fruit. I would look over the plants to make sure there is no pest pressure, especially from squash bugs. They will kill your plants as well.

[@championplayerdo7604]

i have a problem with aggressive ants.. did the onion plant bottle work out, if so I'm going to try that because I'm not going to use any pesticide

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Champion!!! It worked for the bugs but it did not work for the rabbits which I did not know I had. The rabbits killed it but it had no bug pressure. A subscriber told me last week they used ground cinnamon to keep ants away. I said I will have to try it and see.

[@christiangonzalez577]

hey so far out of the 4 seedlings i planted one plant only popped out a watermelon is that normal? So far the watermelon growing is a little bigger than a golf ball i'm excited to see how big it gets i'll make sure to tag you and take a video of it come harvest!

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Christian!!! It just depends on how old the seeds are, and how deep they were planted. I normally get about 80 to 90 percent germination. I would buy more seeds or try not to cover them with too much soil.

[@williamsfamily3192]

Hello please tell me how you start… do u direct sow or do u soak them first. I’m getting my onions ready. Do u buy onions and stick in holes? ❤

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

Hello, I plant onion seeds in trays first, then plant them. I would only by the starts, not the onion sets. The onion sets are a second year onion. They won't get big at all. I soak my watermelon seeds. I started everything in trays since I have woodchips all over the place

[@barbarabeckley8732]

One of the gardener from NC say to use the black paper (plastic) the bugs don't seem to like it.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Barbara, thanks for the suggestion. I will definitely give it a try. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@JohnQ85]

is it 1 stem per watermelon plant? I have like 7 stems (crimson watermelon) coming out of the mound so I'm not sure if I need to pull some of them to prevent them from consuming nutrients from others. can I email a photo

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, John Q. I let one melon per vine unless I'm trying to grow some giant ones. D you have lots of plants in a mound? Sure, my email is [e-mail]

[@joybrown1655]

Peace! I planted some watermelon seeds i forgot to label the name of the watermelon. the leaves your watermelon plant are the same leaves on my plant. Can you tell me what specific watermelon plant is this?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Joy!!! That plant is a Golden Honey. I got a nice yellow melon off that plant. It was so good.

[@VanessasVarietyVenue]

Really good advice right on time thank you, my family and i love us some melons we buy so much each year now we have space to grow and will be trying to grow our own.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, Vanessas!!! I'm glad it was helpful and on time. You are welcome. I'm glad you have the space to grow them. I love them too.

[@Rico-ociR]

Damn I jus planted onions around my watermelons today and then I find this video what are the chances & did it work?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Rico!!! It worked for me for a while. I did not see many bugs, but the plant died. It did not work for rabbits and field rats, which I never had until last, yeah.

[@SunshineGarden-9B]

Thanks a lot for sharing this information. I am growing some watermelons this year and found this video very informative.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Sunshine Garden, I'm glad the video was helpful and informative. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it. Good luck growing those watermelons.

[@SunshineGarden-9B]

@@GrowSomethingTasty thank you!

[@pukavita]

I’m not sure that onion helps as a companion plant. I had my spring onion covered with aphids. It was so disheartening …

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

WOW! That is disheartening, for sure. I'm sorry to hear that. .

[@chadwolfeschledgelsteinhau9697]

Fertilizer ruins the taste! Grown in regular compost good taste

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Chad!!! I use compost, compost tea, and I use natural fertilizers.

[@ChuksMrchuks]

My watermelon are not growing, I planted without early fertilizer

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY ChuksMrchuks!!! I am to hear that. I have voles eating my plants. Are you going to use liquid fish fertilizer or compost tea to get nutrients to them?

[@Juicingwithjay]

#watermelonwarz 🍉 !!! Great info bro

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

Thanks, bro! I glad you like the info.

[@icemage21k]

thanks for the vid, so if i only want 2 melons on a plant, i keep 2 vines with one melon on each and cut all the other non bearing vines?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Icemage21k, if you only want 2 melons, keep all the vines just have 1 melon on one vine and 1 melon on another vine. Now, if you have suckers coming off the main vine, cut the sucker. I would leave the other vines if you see flowers come up on the vines you don't want melons on, then pinch the flowers off. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@paulastafford1642]

What types of pest specifically invade the plant? I had a hard time understanding what you were talking about. Also, what type of fertilizer would you recommend, and again, can you be specific? Thank you.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Paula!!! The squash bugs are a killer, aphids, spider mites, or cucumber beetles. I use compost tea, fish fertilizer, and compost. You can youtube how to make compost tea bear brown to see how I make the compost tea.

[@paulastafford1642]

@@GrowSomethingTasty thank you. I do use fish fertilize once every two weeks and garden tone twice a season. Thank you again.

[@rachelself41]

Thank you for the information on the watermelons.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Rachel!!! You are welcome, anytime.

[@KoolAide187]

Noticed your shirt says hot springs AR. Are you from AR?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO KoolAide, I'm not from AR, I believe my mother-in-law gave me that shirt from one of her trips. You gave me an idea, I can show her the video, and she will probably say you do wear the shirts I get you. Thanks for watching, commenting, and giving me that idea.

[@jasmineb8576]

I plan on growing watermelons for the first time next season. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Jasmine, that's great. I'm glad you are going to try it next year. I'll be here to help. Thanks for watching and commenting. Have a great day, Jasmine.

[@colleen1872]

Good info, but your leg action was distracting me.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Collen, I'm glad it was good info. Yeah, I noticed that too when I was editing. Maybe I wanted to dance or something thing, lol

[@sevyanjisinkala9268]

hey i want to do a nursely can i put the seeds direct into the soil then transplant them for spacing?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

Hey Sevyanjisinkala!!! I don't see why not because the seeds will grow in the soil. I plant my seedlings in trays, I think it's easier for me that way.

[@joewarrick6043]

I did ice box melons, orange crush, and purple whatever they’re called. It’s my first year trying to grow melons. I did ice box, orange crush and purple whatever they are called. So far the orange crush seem to be going strong. Not sure how big any of these types get except I know the icebox are small. The purple ones are growing but they are slow for whatever reason. And my icebox vines are about 3 feet and have two per vine but the leaves are a dull yellow ish color and they have these black dots on them that look like burn marks. They have been that way for a long time now and the melons are about the sizes of a baseball and a softball. They have been the same size for a longs time now. Any ideas as to what’s going on with them? I love gardening but have zero experience with these things so any advice would be greatly appreciated

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

I normally have one melon per vine and most time I will have 2 melons per plant. Some people do more but I like mine to have some size to it. I also use compost tea to feed the plants. To keep them green I use fish fertilizer once every two weeks when fruit is on the plant. When there is no fruit in the beginning I feed the plant with fish fertilizer every week.

[@joewarrick6043]

@@GrowSomethingTasty thanks for the info I’m in northeastern Ohio and I’ve been battling a bad outbreak of powdery mildew. It’s getting my tomatoes and cucumbers very badly. I haven’t noticed it on my melons though. Is this something I need to be concerned about getting them? Also do you have any ideas on the size of any of the ones I said I’m growing get? I’m sure I can find out with the click of a button but it’s always nice to hear it from a live person lol

[@MrStinson1083]

You can also plant the herb thyme around them that will help keep pest away. Strawberry farmers do this to.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Mr Stinson, thanks for that information. I will remember that and use it against these bugs. Thanks again.

[@DeepSouthPal84]

Nice presentation. Rough growin season in southeast Louisiana this year, or atleast for me. Had a couple melons crack because of the heat. My cantaloupe and honey dews are growing good now that the temp has come down to manageable levels. Now i have fruits growing everywhere and i was lookin for options. Thanks for your time and sharing some knowledge.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO DeepSouthPal84, that's awesome to hear your cantaloupes and honeydews are growing now. I grew some nice honeydew melons.Thank you for viewing and commenting. I really appreciate it.

[@patrese1hopkins451]

How did you make the tea? You did not say or show the preparation for it.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Patrese!!! KZbin how to make compost tea bear brown, and my video will come up.

[@edyoung4489]

What makes a watermelon rot from the inside? No pest no holes no marks on the outside.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO ED, I know when a watermelon is left past time to eat it, it will get real mushy inside. Very over ripeness. That has been my experience. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@michaelakwijoro5465]

Thank you Please how do I know my watermelons are ripe

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Micheal, you are welcome. Hey, I did a video called How to When to Harvest Watermelon and type my name. I just did a watermelon harvest video, and at the beginning of the video, I showed that again. When the tendrils are all dried up and checking the belly of the melon. I look for a yellow belly. It it's white, I leave it alone. I wait for those 2 things. Every once in a while, the tendrils may dry early, so it's good to know how long it takes the melons to be ready. If you don't know where the tendrils are, look at one of those videos.

[@BladeMasterz916]

Grow more but smaller melons. 1 serving size per person.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, BladeMaster!!!. Cool, that sounds good. I like being the grower so I can decide how I want my food to grow.

[@sandraschofield7017]

Hello new subscriber from SC. I don't plant water melons but each year I get them in my front flower bed. Great video

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO, Sandra, welcome welcome!!!! That must be a sign to plant watermelons, LOL. Thanks for subscribing, viewing, commenting, and thinking it's a great video. You are too kind.

[@Pay-It_Forward]

It depends on the melon variety, then environment, the time of year, the soil, the humidity & rainfall, etc. Every plant can end up having a different level of vigor.

[@leviahimsa]

Thanks for the advice! Starting to get my first watermelons coming in! Have gotten to eat one big one so far! 🍉🍉🍉🍉

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Levi!!! That is great!!! Enjoy those melons. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@rodterrell304]

Thank you for the info sir. I'm trying to grow a melon or two or three.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Rod!!! You are welcome. That's great, 4 or 5 or 6!!!!!! I have to go pull another one because of all this rain. I hope the rain does not bust my competition melon. I am covering the base of the plant and the melon. We will see. If it keeps growing I will win, I can feel it.

[@DanlowMusic]

Ants got mine last year. I have some natural remedies I'm trying this year. Borax and sugar. Baking soda and powdered sugar. Both thinly laid by the anthill.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, DanlowMusic!!! I hope the natural remedies work for you. Ants can be a pain. They were all in my compost pile last year.

[@DanlowMusic]

@@GrowSomethingTasty yeah we have 5 anthills on our 4 1/4 acres. They really are a pain.

[@MyJosePrado]

Did your expeirmiinet work -- the green onions?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Jose! I like to think it did for bugs because I saw no bug pressure in that area but the plant died. The onions did not stop the field rats and rabbits. I did not know I had them inside my fence. They put town house near us but they cut down the fields and the animals found my garden. I'm still have problems.

[@williammasha1729]

When do you start trimming the leafs off the main vine

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, Mr. William, when I see a baby watermelon, I cut the vine right after it. I did two shorts on it 7 days apart to show the massive growth. The short was called watermelon pruning and watermelon pruning result part 2.

[@shamsaldhooha9015]

ماذا قال من يستطيع أن يترجم لي المقطع

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

I like to leave 1 melon per vine. The melons will be a decent size. If I want to get them bigger, I will leave 2 melons per plant but they will be on different vines. If I have several melons on 1 vine the fruits will be small. Unless you fertilize a lot, they still could grow small because that's a lot of energy going into each melon. If I was growing for a competition then I would only have one melon on a single plant, pruning all the other melons from the plant. That is basically what the video is about. I hope you have google translator. Thanks for your question.

[@chadblevins5602]

My first year with them and cut the big one to early.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, Chad!!! I'm sorry to hear that. I go by the tendril closet to the melon drying out, and they belly has turned yellow. I have a video on that called When to Harvest Watermelon, Bear Brown. I have done that before.

[@laurenmariebishop8409]

( HA! HA!)

[@ajhartjr1205]

What kind of mulch do u put in your garden? Or can I use straw

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO AJ, I use free woodchips for chipdrop.com. when I first started gardening, i used straw. I still have that video on here. I would not use hay because of the weed seeds in it.

[@dustinsamson4879]

Will the onion make the watermelon taste like onion?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

It has not made them taste like onions, not yet. Let's hope it stays that way, my friend, LOL.

[@vstewart8]

My vines are growing crazy but no watermelons producing 🤷🏽‍♀️. I've tried clippings and I water everyday. My vines are 5ft long. I have lavender as pollinator next to it I just added sunflowers and sat a citronella near it recently hopefully that helps the bees pollinate all the melon flowers but so far no luck.

[@vstewart8]

Ooh forgot to add What can I do to promote melon growth

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY @Stewart!!! I am sorry to hear about your plant. I would back of the nitrogen because that will produce more green growth. If it gets too much nitrogen it will not focus on flowers. Add phosphorus to see if that helps and compost tea.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

How often are you fertilizing?

[@richieoftampa994]

What do you do with the clipped vines?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, Richie!!! I compost them. I tried to see if I could grow another plant, but it has not worked for me.

[@SoNoFTheMoSt]

Love the onion idea man! is there an update to see if it worked>

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, I don't have an update, but some have asked. I did not see bug pressure on that plant, but the plant died with a 70 lb melon on it. The onions did not stop field rats and rabbits. I did not know I had them. I have onions near my melons again. I'll see hiw it goes, but 2 plants were taken by voles. I was mad and nervous at the same time. Just new challenges I will conquer

[@desireelyles8472]

CAN I PUT TWO DIFFERENT WATERMELON SEEDS IN ONE MOUNT?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Desiree, I'm pretty sure you can. I doubt it will hurt anything. You may not know which is which until the watermelon grows.

[@jasonm887]

This is my first year growing watermelons. Wish me luck! I'm only doing 3 plants and I was thinking I'd be fine with just a couple melons per plant.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Jason, hey, you got this. Let me know how it goes this season. Cool, when I started growing, I did a few plants as well. Thanks for viewing and commenting.

[@MsTwiththeTea1980]

Best of luck to you 😊

[@MsTwiththeTea1980]

Thank you for this wonderful video

[@interestedabbott]

I didn't know this..... I was off all day today and spent it in the garden too! Happy Day!!

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

That is great. Having days off is the best and to work in the garden.

[@c-dub2789]

Btw, green onions repel insects and some rodents

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

Rodents, too, I need more because the last 2 weeks have been animal kingdom out here. I explained an upcoming video. I have never had this issue like this before. That's gardening. I guess something new every season.

[@childrenofzion2817]

I just Subscribed I'm in North FL ❤️🙏🏾❤️

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO, I really appreciate it. Thanks for watching and subscribing.

[@TexasBluebonnetHomestead]

Hi there, thanks for the tips on growing watermelons. Happy Growing!

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Lashas Homestead, no problem, I appreciate you visiting and commenting. Happy growing to you as well!!!

[@CarsonAlley-jv6pr]

Very informative videos! Thank you Bear!

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Carson!!! I'm glad you like the video, you are welcome.

[@Pay-It_Forward]

2:47 snipping the end of the vine, the apical terminal bud, needs to be done right after fruit set take of the desired fruit number. you need for lateral branches each with their own apical bud to form for Auxin hormones to be produced, to insure good fruit quality. Leaf count is less important than the growth hormone.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

Yes I cut the vine once I see the fruit set. I see a lot of growth when I do that.

[@Pay-It_Forward]

@@GrowSomethingTasty It changes then hormone balance. Plant is still getting the cell division hormone from root tips (Cytokinin) but not (Auxin) from leaf tips. Cytokinin increases size, but Auxin & Gibberellins the quality.

[@Pay-It_Forward]

@@GrowSomethingTasty Looks like you have very awesome soil & a great environment. Many people are growing in less than optimal conditions. Always best to recommend that they test their soil & get help from a local agriculture extension at balancing it for their area & crops.

[@Daughterofsarah156]

I found out that cinnamon keeps all the bugs away. I put it on my plant and surrounding areas of my plants and it actually works.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, Daughterofsarah!!! Cool, that is awesome. I wish it work for voles because they are killing me. I might try and see.

[@NanaWilson-px9ij]

Voles are why I'm trying to plant most things in containers.

[@JamesLollis-br9qx]

Genetics neem oil should help with pest

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, James!!! Thanks for the tip.

[@franciscodiaz6290]

did the green onion work to keep pests away?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, Francisco!!! I did not see bugs on it, but the plant died with a 70 lb melon on it. The onions did not stop the rabbits and field rats. I never had that problem until last year. Now I have a different rat out there.

[@Larry-bp4qh]

Absolutely DOPE video💪🏽💪🏽🙏🏽

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Larry!!! Thanks, I appreciate it. I'm glad you like the video.

[@yeshathegardener]

Great video I have my watermelon plants growing!! Thank for the information

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Yeshl2581, thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate it. I hope you have great success with your melons. We just came back from vacation, and the melon patch has issues.

[@anabolicamaranth7140]

I’ve never grown anything other than sugar babies which don’t get too big anyway.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO, yes, they don't get too big. Are you growing some now?

[@anabolicamaranth7140]

@@GrowSomethingTasty Yep, in southern Ohio. I really love muskmelon but they’re disease prone for me. Trying again this year, they look beautiful so far.

[@Amyseclecticlife]

I have two vines , so how many will I have ?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

Vines? I don't know how many vines you will have. Every plant is different. You probably will get more than 2 but you never can tell

[@natedasaint]

Yes twin, grow a competition sized watermelon!

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

I have been looking at doing that

[@MarlonVell]

I have 4 sugar babies growing. I'm trying to figure out when I need to harvest them. One of them seems ready but the tendril is still green that's nearest to the melon. Can anybody help?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO Marlon, when my melons tendrils are green, I do not mess with it. I don't know if you saw my video when to harvest watermelon. If you want to see it, you probably will have to type my name as well. I show what i look for when harvesting. I have brown tendrils now, but I'm waiting to see if it sweetens up by backing off watering.

[@MarlonVell]

​@@GrowSomethingTasty i think i saw that video but I'll watch it again. I just don't want to ruin my 1st harvest so I'm being extra careful lol

[@MarlonVell]

​@@GrowSomethingTasty I harvested our 1st sugar baby and 😪... it didn't turn red inside and it wasn't sweet. Not sure what happened. Any suggestions?

[@Jessie-u2l1k]

Best time to start growing watermelon

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HELLO @user, the best time is after your last frost. In the spring time. This year, I started almost a month after the last frost because of the low Temps in our area.